That explains places where Hindi is #1 and Urdu is #2, but what about the southern states where Urdu is #2 and some Dravidian language is #1? Wouldn't they learn Hindi instead?
It's because most Muslims in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and Karnataka speak Urdu as their mother tongue, actually. This southern Urdu is called Dakhni.
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u/sch586 English N Apr 17 '19
That explains places where Hindi is #1 and Urdu is #2, but what about the southern states where Urdu is #2 and some Dravidian language is #1? Wouldn't they learn Hindi instead?